Background: Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, breast cancer remains a leading cause of death in women worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs are a new class of RNA molecules that have been shown to participate in tumorigenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of lncUSMycN in tumor samples and to evaluate its potential role in the breast cancer cell line. Metho...

The microRNAs are a group of 20 nucleotides-long non-coding RNAs. By binding to the 3'UTR region of target mRNA, microRNAs can perform extensive actions mediating gene expression at post-trancriptional stages. It makes microRNAs serve as very crucial regulators in various biological progress including carcinogenesis. Long non-coding RNAs, however, are a subgroup of RNA with the length of 200 nu...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) represent the most common type of variation in the human genome. The SNPs located in protein-coding and non-coding RNA genes are classified as neutral and functional. The neutral have no effect, while the functional affect different biological processes and continually confer risk for multifactorial diseases. Functional SNPs found in the promoters of prote...

Intact RNA from exosomes/microvesicles (collectively referred to as microvesicles) has sparked much interest as potential biomarkers for the non-invasive analysis of disease. Here we use the Illumina Genome Analyzer to determine the comprehensive array of nucleic acid reads present in urinary microvesicles. Extraneous nucleic acids were digested using RNase and DNase treatment and the microvesi...

Cells release RNA-carrying vesicles and membrane-free RNA/protein complexes into the extracellular milieu. Horizontal vesicle-mediated transfer of such shuttle RNA between cells allows dissemination of genetically encoded messages, which may modify the function of target cells. Other studies used array analysis to establish the presence of microRNAs and mRNA in cell-derived vesicles from many s...

Abstract Background and Aims Mitophagy activation is crucial for hypoxia signaling in acute kidney injury (AKI). Selective removal of damaged mitochondria mediated through a concerted function coding non-coding RNA expressions. Insights on HIF-1α lncRNA-regulated mitophagy mechanism are not known. The study aims to investigate the role hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) regulated long (lncRNA...